Category: birth choice
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Evidence – Part 1, The WHO Says It’s True
In my recent C-section related posts I’ve been moaning a lot about the lack of references and evidence for a lot of the claims that people make. It annoys me, a lot. But what really winds me up is self appointed “experts” who link to “scientific proof” that’s nothing of the sort.Pregnancy, birth and parenting…
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Am I Ill or Damaged?
And so the too posh to push argument continues… On Monday The Times published a letter* from Prunella Briance. It had been written in response to the Kirstie Allsopp articles that I mentioned in my last post. Briance claims to have proof that 97% of women can give birth with no medication or “interference”. The remaining 3%…
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I’m Too Posh to Push – The Telegraph has Proof!
I’ve been AWOL from here for a while, small kids, very busy blah blah blah, but if one thing was going to get me back to the blog it would be shoddy journalism about C-sections. So, thank you The Telegraph, you’ve got me back in the saddle:Here’s the story: “Caesarian rates support ‘too posh to push’…
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Decisions. Part 2 – Time to Decide
Firstly a quick apology, I’m now on maternity leave and had been intending to update this blog a lot more. Unfortunately I’ve so far spent much of my leave waiting around at the hospital for routine tests, in bed with colds or dealing with a three year old with a vomiting bug! Fingers crossed that’s all…
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Childbirth and the Science of Woo
I spotted a notice today for a free childbirth workshop, I took a look and immediately wished I hadn’t. On the plus side it may have gone some way to improving my low blood pressure! The notice said you would learn (amongst other things) how to avoid the need for pain and unnecessary interventions and how…
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The Science of Pain
I find pain fascinating*, especially after experiencing plenty of it in childbirth. It seems so basic a thing that it’s easy to assume modern medicine would have pain all figured out, but it really really doesn’t and not just because of a lack of basic biological knowledge (although that is a part of it). Everyone’s experience of pain is different…
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Is a Planned Repeat C-section Safer Than a VBAC?
Yes yes I know I said I was on holiday, but having a look at the BBC news I just came across this article and couldn’t keep myself from commenting…. The quick summary is that two studies, one in the UK and one in Australia have been published which show that women who chose a…
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